Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Kenji Mizuhashi
Takaki Tohno (voice)
Yoshimi Kondou
Young Akari Shinohara (voice)
Satomi Hanamura
Kanae Sumida (voice)
Risa Mizuno
Kanae's Sister (voice)
Ayaka Onoue
Akari Shinohara (voice)
Yuka Terasaki
(voice)
Yuko Nakamura
(voice)
Masami Iwasaki
(voice)
Ryou Naitou
(voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki
(voice)
Takahiro Hirano
(voice)
Akira Nakagawa
(voice)
Yoshiko Iseki
(voice)
Suguru Inoue
(voice)
Rion Kako
(voice)
Rika Nakamura
(voice)
Miki Suga
(voice)
Mika Sakenobe
(voice)
Yumiko Atashika
(voice)
Yukako Saito
(voice)
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Makoto Shinkai
May 16, 2023
7
Beautiful story that had me tearing up at multiple points. I really think each individual story is fantastic, but I was not a huge fane of the second act. I did not enjoy adding a third character into the fold. It would have been better to keep the focus on the main two. Animation is great, but I can tell they were still honing their craft as it was not as sharp as his newer work. Overall, I still really enjoyed this, the short runtime really makes this a fun digestible short with film style quality.
Score: 74% 👍 Verdict: Good